What it is and what it claims to do: Carnitine is an amino acid that plays a key role in our bodies’ ability to use fats for energy, which means we can burn them rather than store them. Carnitine has also been shown to increase exercise capacity and delay the onset of muscle fatigue and [...]

Men’s Fitness looks at several types of abdominal workouts: Exercising your abdominal muscles with a Swiss ball is one of the best ways a guy can jump-start his routine, for what may seem unique to you is actually quite familiar to your muscles. A Swiss ball mimics movements your abdominal muscles typically do throughout the [...]

Re-thinking an old standard: MEDICINE BALL PUSH-UP (inner chest, lower chest, triceps) Get on your knees and place your hands along the sides of a medicine ball, spreading your fingers wide to help grip the surface. (If you don’t have access to a medicine ball, use a soccer ball, basketball or any other round object.) [...]

One of the most popular articles from Men’s Fitness magazine: Step 4: Try the pyramid scheme This technique has nothing to do with a Ponzi vertical marketing scheme. The pyramids we’re referring to actually do pay off by enabling you to blast your deep-muscle fibers. This is accomplished by using less weight and higher reps [...]

From a list of six tricep exercises: Pressdowns produce intense, continuous pressure over the entire triceps area, and the rope pressdown can fry your tris better than most other variations. At the start of the movement, turn your palms inward and position them on a plane in front of your sternum. As you press down, [...]

How to use that ultimate fat-burner, anger: Convert anger to conviction. “Anger is the feeling; aggression is the behavior,” Pfeiffer notes. “It’s possible to feel angry and do something that’s constructive or creative, not destructive.” Much of the time, anger is based on a sense that other people have violated your rights or needs. Say [...]